Parish Pastoral Council

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Mission

The Saint James Parish Pastoral Council functions to bring parishioners together as disciples of Christ.  We provide support for our members through worship, education, including religious formation, service, and social events.  We share in the mission of Jesus through our Baptism and commitment to the Christian way of life.  We respond with compassion to both the spiritual and corporal needs of those around us.

Purpose of the Parish Pastoral Council

The Parish Pastoral Council is a consultative body, pastoral in nature, because it strives to discern the movement of the Holy Spirit among God’s people in the parish.  It assists the pastor in fostering pastoral activity; it investigates, under the authority of the pastor, all those things which pertain to pastoral works to ponder them, and to propose practical conclusions about them.  Specifically, the Parish Pastoral Council’s purpose is to enhance the process of:

• pastoral planning
• developing pastoral programs
• improving pastoral services
• evaluating pastoral effectiveness of various programs and services

Although the Council is not a body which makes binding decisions, the recommendations of the Parish Council are to be taken seriously when grounded in prayer, discernment and wisdom.  The pastor presides over the Parish Pastoral Council.  the pastor is responsible for the final approval of Council recommendations concerning pastoral planning, programs, and ministries for the parish, as well as for their implementation.

Members

Lou Edmondson, Chair
Fr. Michael Wimsatt, Pastor
Greg Schreacke, Finance/Administration
Geoff Clark, Parish Voice
Cherri Ellis-Reeves, Secretary
Sister Augusta, O.P., Faith Formation
Paula Knowles, Stewardship/Mission Advancement
Jeff Lanz, Worship
Coty Oropilla, School Board Liaison
Mimi Pike, Social Concerns/Outreach
Lorna Vertrees, Parish Life
Grace Filburn, Youth Representative
Sister Marie Hannah, O.P., School Principal
Fr. Kirby Rust, Associate Pastor
Jennifer Hartlage Moran, Director of Mission Advancement

Pastoral Council Meeting Minutes:

August Strategic Planning Minutes
July 7 Strategic Planning Minutes
January 7 Strategic Planning Minutes 
December 3, 2019 Meeting Minutes
November 5 Parish Council Meeting Minutes
10.01 Parish Council Meeting Minutes
St James PC Meeting Sept 3^J 2019
FINAL FOR Information Session Aug 7. 08.07.2019
August 5 2019 Parish Council Meeting Minutes_
Parish Council Meeting Notes 11JUN19
9May2019PCMinutes
2April2019PCMinutes
11Feb2019PCminutes
St. James Parish Council Meeting Minutes FINAL DRAFT (1)
27Nov2018PCminutes
23Oct2018PCminutes
18Sept2018PCminutes
January 10 Parish Council Meeting Minutes
Listening Session Minutes (12.3.2016)
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